DONOVAN-LECKIE BOUT

Taranaki Daily News, 1 September 1930, Page 4

DONOVAN-LECKIE BOUT

ARRANGEMENTS •. FINALISED. A meeting of the coinpiitfee of tha Taranaki Boxing Association--was held on Saturday night to finalise arrangements in connection with the DonovanLeckie bout on Saturday evening, f Thera Were present 'Messrs. J. Garcia (chairman), W. N. Stephenson, W;. Roebuck, C E Roebuck, N. Roebuck,, J. Horlor, G. A. Clarke, B. Hume, R. Harvey, A. F. Aldie and P. E. Stainton (acting gpriretpry). ■' ' <■ ■ ; Advice was received that Leckie would arrive on Wednesday evening by tha mail train, accompanied by his trainer, He is iu splpijjjid ■ cqpditibn; Tommy Donovan is training hard at ; Waitara and expects to enter the ripg op Sgt* urday fitter than he has ever been. H* has two previous defeats by-L?ckie, ona a.s, au amateur and the recent one as a professional, to ayenge. .. Prelipiinary bopts were flefiuitely ranged as follow: R. v. F. Hut. cliens, C. Talbot v. R. Dudding, J. Sheehy v T. E. Fitzgerald, Bert Harroway v. G. A. Adlam,* A. Turner v. Hppt, D. Roebuck v'. W. Adams. ■ It W as reported that though the box plan opened, on Saturday only, already a number of side seats had been booked at Collier’s. ’ . It was reported that Mr. J. Lucas had donated a medal to thp association to' be awarded at the forthcoming tdurpament. The donation yi|is,,accepted with thanks and it was rpsqjced to allocate it to" the most scientific bo?er.. In order to facilitate the handling o® the crowd that is expected arrangement! haife been made to secure the Agridul tural Hail adjoining the Coronation Hall The committee accepted the' offer of the Workers’ Dance Committee to pay £lO. for them to forego their dance on that occasion.